The architecture of Hindu temples evolved over a period of more than 2,000 years and show a great variety. Hindu temples are of different shapes and sizes - rectangular, octagonal, semicircular - with different types of domes and gates. Temples in southern India have a different style than those in northern India. Although the architecture of Hindu temples is varied, they have many things in common, especially these six parts: The dome and steeple, the inner chamber, the temple hall, the front porch, the reservoir, and the walkway.
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Nothing is perhaps as inevitable as aging. Dr Deepak Chopra in his "most optimistic book" Ageless Body, Timeless Mind - A practical alternative to growing old prescribes 10 simple rules for aging with health and happiness.
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As India celebrates her 62nd Republic Day, read on to find out what scholars, historians and authors have to say about this country. Presenting top 30 quotations from Will Durant, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, Max Mueller, Romain Rolland, et al.
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Hindus have expressed their anger over the outrageous portrayal of Lord Ganesha as a sex act on NBC's TV comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) and wanted apologies from all those responsible for it, including actor Jim Carrey and NBC Universal.
On January 8, 2011, in a skit on SNL titled "The Wrath of Ganesh", Jim Carrey playing an erotic shaman Lee Licious and Kenan Thomson as Grady Wilson, demonstrated a sexual technique, mocking elephant-headed Lord Ganesha and his trunk in the process. The tagline of episode 1587 "Grady Wilson's Tantric N'Tasty" said that Grady traveled the world to find new sexual techniques to spice up the bedroom.
Such trivialization of Lord Ganesha was disturbing and offensive to the one billion Hindus world over, Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, said, and requested NBC to immediately issue a public apology. Hindus welcome Hollywood and other entertainment industries to immerse in Hinduism but taking it seriously and respectfully and not just for indecorous showing of Hindu symbols and concepts to advance their selfish agenda. Zed said that casual flirting sometimes resulted in pillaging serious spiritual doctrines and revered symbols and hurting the devotees... Read more
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